The Lord repented for this He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction: this also shall not be, saith the Lord God; the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive.
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This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
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Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
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So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
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This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
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“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
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